‘In wine, everyone’s basically saying the same thing, just from a different place’ – Australian Vintage CEO Tom Dusseldorp speaks exclusively to Global Drinks Intel – Part I

At the start of 2023, Tom Dusseldorp joined Australian Vintage as group CMO. Two years later, he moved up to become CCO before, in May last year, taking over from Craig Garvin as CEO. Last month, Global Drinks Intel editor Olly Wehring sat down with Dusseldorp at the Wine Paris trade show to hear about what he inherited, what he thinks of the wine industry and what he expects from the recently launched big-bet brand, Poco Vino.What’s your background prior to Australian Vintage?I worked for Pernod Ricard for about a decade, both in Australia and the UK. I worked across whisky and champagne; P